West Peterson Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It bears some resemblance to a 1909 model D Oldsmobile. It only has half a windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It bears some resemblance to a 1909 model D Oldsmobile. It only has half a windshield.Looks to me like the windshield is folded....or I am seeing double again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 yeah I think you are right. I must be seeing single. Any better guess on the id of the vehicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Oldsmobile was my first guess, also, but "Mr. Oldsmobile" told me "IT AINT NO OLDSMOBILE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 What is there about the car that Mr. Oldsmobile sees that makes him say it is not an Olds? The general layout is pretty close and the hubcaps look to be very Oldsish as do the front fenders. It is too bad it is not a holographic picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 The outside and inside of the hub caps on the car in the picture are hexagon shaped. Only one Oldsmobile had that, it's extremely rare, and is much smaller than the car in the photo. Also, the hood and radiator seems to be much more rounded than an Oldsmobile of that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I have no idea what this is but the combination of a doorless toy tonneau body, eyebrows on the front fenders, a quite high hood line and a tall radiator cap must limit the choices. The body style suggests 1909-10 to me but the eyebrows were more common a couple of years later than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Maybe if it looks so much much like an Oldsmobile, could it be an REO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 West,the hubcap appears to have an outside that is hex shaped but is that an optical illusion. The hood appears to be a little more rounded at the top but is that really so. The hubcaps are full sombrero shaped which is a feature of this age of Oldsmobile. If the outside of the hubcaps are hex shaped that should be an identifying feature. I don't know of any car with hubcaps like that. Bleach . REOs really din't look like Oldsmobiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Here's a close-up from the original photo sent to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I've been following this thread and have a few observations..... I have attached a photo of an EMF hubcap that seems to be quite similar. The car has full elliptical springs and a heavy shadow in front of the differential that may suggest a trans-axle. The dash is wrong, however and the 'floating' rear seat is a puzzle...Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Here's what appears to be a similar car that I photographed in Topeka in 2011. 1909 Oakland 40. Still differences, though, especially in the back seat area, rear springs and cowl. Edited January 17, 2014 by West Peterson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 If it has a transaxle, perhaps Overland??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Oldford,These hubcaps are not like the run of the mill hubcaps. There is a hex shaped female indention in the middle and apparently just to the out side, a male shaped hex. West, your Oakland does not have eye browed fenders. We need a book of hubcaps as I have never seen hubcaps like those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 The Oakland looks to have the eyebrow fenders, though the eyebrows are a different shape, but its brake drums are smaller than on the mystery car. Note also the distinctive control lever on the steering column of the mystery car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Oldford,These hubcaps are not like the run of the mill hubcaps. There is a hex shaped female indention in the middle and apparently just to the out side, a male shaped hex.The original photo is of such poor quality with respect to the details of the hubcaps. My un-calibrated eyeballs just can't see that well. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelroadster Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm with you there. I still wonder if that part isn't an optical illusion and the outside hex is not really there. IF that is the way they are made it has got to be a defining feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Coutinho Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 1/13/2014 at 10:30 PM, West Peterson said: Any ideas? 1910 Mitchell 30Hp (Model R) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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